Judge, 1931-01-03 · page 8 of 36
Judge — January 3, 1931 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains three separate humorous pieces typical of 1930s satirical commentary: **"I Know a Girl"** mocks a woman's naive, exoticized understanding of the Far East—she conflates vastly different cultures (Sudan, deserts, camels, jungles, turbans, Japanese technology) into one undifferentiated "mysterious" region. The satire targets educated middle-class Americans' superficial knowledge of Asia. **"It's the Upkeep"** jokes about economic hardship during the Depression: an airline passenger hasn't banked money in six months due to constant turns (suggesting financial instability). The cartoon criticizes the high maintenance costs of modern transportation and business during economic crisis. The accompanying sketches feature vintage cartoon humor about domestic life and relationships, typical of Judge's regular offerings.
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Cnoox—D—n if they didn't put two R’s in me name again! I Know a Girl Site thinks the Soudan is a type of enclosed car, that the desert is what you eat at the end of a meal, and that camels manufacture soup, but she says she’s just fascinated by the East with its mystery and all that. When I ventured to say that the East was becoming pretty Occidental, she just shrugged her shoulders and said oceidents will happen. It is her fond idea that water comes from veldts, that jungles are little pieces of verse like nursery rhymes, that a turban is a sort of machine they have on electric ships, and that Japs are those furry things cowboys wear over their pants. JUDGE I asked her what she thought of andhi and she told me that t fond of any kind of sweets, t she preferred old-fashioned hard candy to any of the fancy brands. Then T asked her if she'd ever been to any of the Chinese temples where they keep their idols, and she asked why the idle in China didn’t sell apples the way they do here, then they wouldn’t have to be supported by the church, Africa is much darker to her than to anyone else in the world. —Canrnort Canrrorn “I wonder what fight that guy is broadcasting.” “What d’ya say we get married, Mabel?” 6 . Epictetus. It’s the Upkeep “How’s the passenger flight busi- ness, Al?” “Rotten. I haven't banked any- thing but turns for six months.” Our tailor was in the other day to collect a bill and made a sentence with the word depression. He s: “Depression business is terrible.” Ford predicts that by 1950 there won't be any unemployed left. Maybe he intends to equip the flivver steering apparatus with gun sights. “Nothing goes on forever,” said But that, of course, was before Amos 'n’ Andy started their broadcasting. comicbooks.com